Cissampelos


Cissampelos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. Various species of this genus have a history of use in various traditions of herbal medicine. Moreover, many of these plants were used as curare applied as arrow poison during hunting.
Cissampelos pareira is used in Chinese herbology. The species is also known as abuta in Ayurvedic medicine. The Maasai people of Kenya use Cissampelos mucronata as a forage for their cattle.

Selected species

21 accepted species + 1 newly discovered speciesCissampelos andromorpha DC.Cissampelos arenicola Ortiz RdC, MH Nee. 2014 New speciesCissampelos capensis L.f. Cissampelos fasciculata Benth.Cissampelos friesiorum DielsCissampelos glaberrima A.St.-Hil.Cissampelos grandifolia Triana & Planch.Cissampelos hirta KlotzschCissampelos hispida FormanCissampelos laxiflora MoldenkeCissampelos mucronata A.Rich.Cissampelos nepalensis RhodesCissampelos nigrescens DielsCissampelos ovalifolia DC.Cissampelos owariensis P.Beauv. ex DC. Cissampelos pareira L.Cissampelos rigidifolia Diels Cissampelos sympodialis EichlerCissampelos tenuipes Engl.Cissampelos torulosa E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.Cissampelos tropaeolifolia DC.Cissampelos verticillata Rhodes